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Peter Morris Architects’ playful extension in Bexley reimagines a typical 1930s suburban home through a joyful blend of Art Deco curves, Arts & Crafts influences and sun-washed pastel tones that bring a distinct holiday atmosphere to everyday living. With sculptural pink rendered forms, generous glazing and a beautifully landscaped garden setting, the project transforms the house into a vibrant and characterful family home full of warmth, light and optimism.
Reposted from @petermorrisarchitects - always with permission.
Here is a design for a rear, side and loft extension for a lovely client in Bexley. Bexley has a wonderful collection of 1930’s suburban developments. There is an interesting mixture of Art Deco and Arts & Crafts styles. With white rendered arches and chunky interlocking tiles.
For the new design I have drawn on these two styles, with an extra bit of holiday feel about it. Wouldn’t it be great to live in a permanent holiday 🌞
If you would like to live in your dream holiday forever, DM @petermorrisarchitects
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Rural Office’s waterfront intervention in Cardigan transforms the town quay into a generous civic landscape, where stepped seating, robust materials and open public space reconnect the river’s edge with everyday community life. Originally conceived as part of a wider regeneration strategy, the project has matured into a lively and adaptable gathering place that supports seasonal events, informal social use and a renewed sense of identity for the town.
Reposted from @rural_office - always with permission.
Placemaking
It was Barley Saturday in Cardigan, West Wales so a guaranteed crowd for the annual spring event, and a chance to revisit our first public project by the river`s edge.
It was nearly twenty years ago that we stumbled into this commission as part of regeneration proposals for the town scape and waterfront. Much has changed in this period including attitudes to meanwhile uses, seasonal activation and outdoor amenity, so it was with great pleasure that we witnessed such a joyful place being used as it was intended. The remarkable spring weather helped!
It`s not been an easy adoption for the town. No one took ownership for the quay`s maintenance, the skateboarders battered the steps, and adjoining operators damaged the public realm with beer deliveries, but despite these challenges it is a great example of a successful placemaking strategy.
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Taylor Hare Architects’ concept proposal reimagines a former rural garden site as a landscape-led care community, where timber-clad homes, restored vernacular buildings and shared gardens create a warm, village-like setting rooted in nature and everyday connection. Designed to feel restorative rather than institutional, the scheme places wellbeing at the heart of the architecture through informal pathways, clustered dwellings and immersive landscapes that encourage familiarity, belonging and community.
Reposted from @taylorharearchitects - always with permission.
Concept Design: A Landscape-led Community for Care
Our proposals for reimagining a former rural garden site once defined by cultivation, now hold the potential for specialist care, community and renewal.
A place shaped not as an institution, but as a small village. Homes that gather in clusters and where shared communal spaces sit at its heart. Existing buildings are imaginatively reworked, drawing on the subtleties of the local vernacular, where familiar forms and materials are reinterpreted with care.
New buildings are designed to sit lightly on the land within informal gardens, where paths meander rather than divide, and where care is woven into the rhythms of everyday life.
We believe the future of rural care lies in places that are more human, more connected, and more imaginative. One where wellbeing is shaped as much by landscape, community and familiarity as it is by function.
Not every project finds its way into the world as a building. Some remain as ideas, testing, questioning and imagining what could be.
If you’re considering how a site might become something more thoughtful, and of a more human scale, we’d welcome a conversation.
✍️ @taylorharearchitects
Quote on slide 3 @lauraelee_maggies over image from the film ‘The Secret Garden by Agnieszka Holland
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John Puttick Associates has completed the new Vault Youth Zone in Preston, delivering a vibrant civic building that forms the final piece of the wider city-centre masterplan anchored by the restored Preston Bus Station and public square. With its folded fibre-cement façade, bold yellow structural accents, and active street presence, the project creates an energetic and welcoming space for young people while reinforcing the area’s strong modernist identity and community focus.
Reposted from @johnputtickassociates - always with permission.
Our project for @vaultyouthzone and @onsideyz is now complete and is featured in the @architectsjournal this month with an article written by @franwillz
The new building is the final component in our masterplan for this part of Preston city centre, which began with the refurbishment of Preston Bus Station. The bus station reopened to the public in 2018, and the new public square completed the following year. The Youth Zone opens onto the public square, and the design uses yellow structural elements and a folded fibre-cement façade to relate to the modernist building opposite and create a bold image young people can identify with.
Photography by @gardnergareth
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Stonewood Design approaches sustainability as the foundation of design, creating deeply contextual buildings that integrate low-carbon materials, passive environmental strategies, biodiversity, and community wellbeing from the very beginning. Across projects ranging from museums and workplaces to libraries and adaptive re-use schemes, the work demonstrates a thoughtful “Mean, Lean, Green” philosophy that balances technical performance with beauty, cultural connection, and a light touch on the landscape.
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For us, sustainability is not a layer added at the end of a project - it is where every project begins.
Operational and embodied carbon matter deeply, but we take a wider view of what makes a place truly sustainable: health, happiness, culture and community.
Our approach is simple - Mean, Lean, Green. Reduce energy demand first, design efficient fabric, and only then consider renewables.
We work with low-carbon materials that have long histories - timber, stone, hemp, rammed earth, thatch, oak shingles - and with the natural conditions of a place: landscape, sun, air and water.
Our Story of Gardening Museum received a RIBA South West Sustainability Award, but awards are not the goal. The goal is something simpler: to make buildings that tread lightly and belong to their place.
Projects shown: Story of Emily Museum / Story of Gardening Museum / Roman Villa Museum / Workplace Project / School Library / Creative Re-use Project
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Leonard Design is leading the transformation of Jersey’s iconic Fort Regent, reimagining the Grade I listed Napoleonic fort as a vibrant contemporary leisure and entertainment destination while carefully preserving its historic character. Defined by dramatic civic interiors, immersive public gathering spaces, and a rich mix of cultural, sporting, and family-focused amenities, the redevelopment brings new life to the landmark through inclusive design, dynamic social programming, and sensitive architectural intervention.
Reposted from @leonard_design - always with permission.
We’re proud to announce our involvement in the redevelopment of Jersey’s most significant historical asset, converting Fort Regent from a neglected 1970’s leisure centre into a modern and exciting leisure and entertainment destination, set within a Grade 1 listed Napoleonic military fort.
The scheme includes a 2,500-capacity arena, six-screen cinema, tenpin bowling, e-gaming, and indoor adventure play activities. Externally, the Fort will benefit from a new children’s nursery, skatepark, pump track, play areas with sensory play, parkour zone, and a nature/heritage trail, supported by enhanced landscaping to provide inclusive activity spaces for all ages and abilities.
The site has presented a number of technical challenges, dealt with sympathetically and creatively alongside a talented multi-disciplinary team including @ridgellp, @spacehubdesign, @charcoalblue, and @gt_llp
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Rose Hip Yard by Tom Bestwick transforms a former storage yard into three sculptural courtyard homes defined by faceted green zinc roofs, lofty vaulted interiors, and a rich palette of brick, timber, and expansive glazing. Set around lush private gardens opening directly onto Tooting Common, the project combines light-filled contemporary living with sustainable timber construction, high-performance envelopes, and energy-efficient heat recovery systems.
Reposted from @tom.bestwick - always with permission.
🌹ROSE HIP YARD🌹
Three unique new build houses located off Rose Hip Lane where once lay an old storage yard.
The gable ended and faceted green zinc roofs of the houses mimic the old yard and the four metre vaulted ceilings beneath these roofs create airy and spacious volumes, leading to a sense of openness.
The three houses face south looking onto lushly planted gardens with a private gate that opens directly onto Tooting Common where you’ll find acres of green space including tennis courts, outdoor swimming pool, football pitches, tennis courts, playgrounds….you name it!
Large solar controlled glazing draws in huge amounts of daylight whilst the carefully designed greenery provides privacy between each dwelling.
Beautiful brick walls wrap the exterior of the development and the garden facing walls are clad in a softer European larch, completed with moss green window frames.
The structure of each house is constructed from timber. This locks in carbon dioxide and creates highly insulated and airtight dwellings which are thermally efficient, helping to reduce the carbon footprint, which is vital to sustainable living.
Exhaust Air Heat Pumps heat the buildings by reusing energy from waste air providing heating, ventilation, heat recovery and hot water efficiently, simply and economically.
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GRID Architects has secured planning consent for Grove House in Hammersmith, transforming a 1940s office building into a vibrant 171-room hotel that combines elegant retrofit architecture with welcoming public amenities, affordable workspace, and lively event spaces. Framed by refined façades, generous planting, and carefully crafted interiors, the project demonstrates how adaptive reuse can create a sustainable and characterful destination while giving new life to an existing urban building.
Reposted from @grid_architects - always with permission.
Another milestone for GRID
Planning consent secured for Grove House, Hammersmith—transforming a 1940s office building into a 171-room hotel with new amenities, event space, and affordable workspace.
Building on our retrofit work at Park Royal and Brixton, this project highlights the value of reusing existing buildings for a more sustainable future.
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GPAD London has secured planning permission for Ransome’s Dock in Wandsworth, a refined 65,000 sqft mixed-use retrofit that introduces five distinctive saw-tooth homes above the existing warehouse buildings, drawing elegantly on the site’s industrial heritage with bold red metal forms and generous terraces. The scheme thoughtfully revitalises the courtyard with biodiverse planting and mature trees while enhancing commercial spaces and circulation, creating a vibrant and enduring place for residents and tenants alike.
Reposted from @gpadlondon - always with permission.
Planning permission has been granted for Ransome’s Dock, a 65,000 sqft mixed use scheme for RD Developments in Wandsworth.
Five new homes placed above the existing warehouses are arranged in a saw-tooth form, drawing on the area’s industrial character. Above the original roofscape, light filled interiors, dramatic volumes and generous external spaces, will create unique dwellings in the sky. The courtyard will also be transformed, introducing biodiverse planting and mature trees that will create a place that can be shared and cherished by the diverse mix of residents and tenants.
The proposal evolves a previous consent, adapting it to meet new regulations, improving the arrival experience, refining commercial spaces, and refreshing the design. A deep understanding of the site acquired over a number of years’ work has informed our approach. Careful adaptations and interventions facilitate the new development, including the insertion of a new access core, and the overhaul of the site’s servicing.
Ransome’s Dock reflects our commitment to adapting existing buildings, increasing their lifespan and value through thoughtful design interventions.
Team: Constructive, Rolfe Judd Planning, Consil UK, Bespoke Fire, Caneparo Associates, Mason Navarro Pledge Ltd, Jackson Hickey Consulting Engineers, Core Five
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KRFT Architects, in collaboration with Nicholas Hare Architects, designed the Richard Cairns Building at Brighton College as a sculptural performing arts venue where expressive brick forms (crafted from handmade, high-quality Petersen Tegl bricks) curve and cantilever to embody movement and rhythm. Set between historic neo-Gothic structures and open fields, the building elegantly bridges past and present through its material richness and fluid geometry, creating a distinctive and welcoming cultural heart for the campus.
Reposted from @petersentegl - always with permission.
The Richard Cairns Building, Brighton College, Brighton, UK
The Richard Cairns Building at @brightoncollegeuk , UK, is a compact performing arts building where movement is embedded directly into the architecture. Designed for dance, theatre, and music, its curved brickwork appears to stretch and sway, giving the façade a clear sense of rhythm and lightness.
Placed centrally on campus between Gilbert Scott’s 19th-century neo-Gothic building and the sports fields, the building acts as both connector and contemporary counterpart. Sweeping curves, cantilevers, and arches subtly reference the historic context, echoing pointed arches and rose windows without imitation.
Brick plays a key role in this dialogue between old and new. Both façades and roof are clad in Petersen bricks (F563, C563), allowing the building to read as one continuous
volume. At ground level, flint, a material rooted in Brighton’s coastal geology and the original college buildings, is reintroduced before gradually giving way to brick.
The bricks were custom-developed to reflect the varied tones of flint, from light and sandy to dark and almost black. The result is a surface that feels weathered rather than new,
robust enough for the coastal climate, and distinctly geological, as if carved from the cliffs themselves.
Client: @brightoncollegeuk
Architect: @krft_arch in collaboration with @nha_llp
Completed: 2024
Brick: F563, C563
Photos: @stijn_bollaert (1-6) and @edmundsumner (7-12)
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Acme`s masterplan for Cambridge North transforms a historic rail-side industrial landscape into a vibrant, future-focused urban quarter, anchored by a new station and a network of streets, squares, and green spaces that echo the scale and character of Cambridge. The project brings together life science innovation, housing, and generous parkland with water-sensitive landscapes, creating a lively, resilient community where architecture, public life, and ecology are seamlessly integrated.
Reposted from @acmespace - always with permission.
Cambridge North, Cambridgeshire
Cambridge North has a 100-year history of track welding. Today, it is one of three new city quarters identified to support UK’s growth as a world leader in Life Sciences. Network Rail opened the railway station in 2017, planting the initial seed for redevelopment on the brownfield site. By 2050, approximately 20,000 inhabitants will live here.
The masterplan for the new town centre creates a network of streets and public spaces extending into the future context, using proportions familiar to Cambridge. A cluster of Life Science buildings are located against the edge of the railways, while residential buildings are arranged around a large park, alongside existing allotments.
The central square between these two character zones defines the heart of this new community, activated by retail and community uses. Design guidelines provide rules for setbacks in massing, materiality and articulation of facades to create a townscape that belongs to Cambridge.
The Cam River Valley is a critical zone for flooding and groundwater management, and great care has been taken to create an urban landscape that is open and permeable for rainwater. Innovative water management strategies, such as rain gardens, swales, and a large balancing pond within a proposed wild park, achieve a balance of water demand and supply 💧
Client: Chesterton Partnership
Collaborating Architect: @make_architects
Landscape Architecture: @robertmyersassociates
Planning: @bidwellsllp
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Studio MUTT’s transformation of 91 Kempston Street reimagines a modest industrial building as a vibrant, adaptable workspace, marked by bold red fenestration and playful architectural detailing that bring new life to the street. The project skillfully combines creative reuse with energy upgrades and flexible interiors, showcasing how overlooked structures can become dynamic hubs for making and working.
Reposted from @studiomutt - always with permission.
Delighted to share we have been Shortlisted for the @architectsjournal Small Projects Award 2026 for our office on 91 Kempston St. amongst good company. 🎉
Photographs by Jim Stephenson (1+3) / Studio MUTT (2)
This transformation of a 1970s light industrial unit, previously an underused storage facility for a hat factory, has created flexible workspaces together with a modern light industrial workshop.
The existing structure was robust but unloved, characterised by flat brick elevations, small pillbox windows, uninsulated roofs and deep floorplates.
The project future-proofed the fabric with upgraded roof insulation and low-energy services. The primary elevation now boasts a theatrical canopy, scalloped coping and red and pink high-performance fenestration and doors.
Internally, the layout has been reconfigured to accommodate multiple occupancy. The ground floor retains its use as a CNC workshop, which is accessed via a rear goods entrance.
The first floor has been refurbished as a contemporary workspace, with brickwork painted a warm white to maximise light. A central utility block comprising a kitchen, bathrooms and shower divides the space into flexible front and rear studios. Enlarging an existing opening has created a new full-height, south-facing window featuring a large slider for ventilation. Redundant roof vents have been turned into mirror-lined rooflights to enhance daylight penetration.
The project is a testbed for the wider regeneration of Liverpool’s Fabric District, prioritising energy efficiency, and showcases the potential for reusing modern industrial buildings.
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Knox Bhavan’s Rigg Beck is a beautifully grounded hillside dwelling whose elongated, gently curving roofline echoes the surrounding fells while unfolding to capture light and expansive valley views. Carefully embedded within its landscape, the house combines crafted stone and timber forms with near off-grid systems to create a sustainable, quietly expressive retreat.
Reposted from @knoxbhavan - always with permission.
Rigg Beck
The simple form of the house and its roof responds and reflects the profile of Causey Pike above it. As it runs down the hill more floors emerge until the east end of the house where it is three storeys high, its ridge centred on a line drawn from the top of Cat Bells mile to the east. This enables the principal rooms to collect south light and enjoy views.
Geothermal bore holes, ground source heating, solar collectors, and a water bore hole allow the house to function almost entirely off-grid.
Architect: @knoxbhavan
Photographer: Brian Ormerod
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Struan Morrison presents The Intencity as an ambitious exploration of open-ended urbanism, using fine-grained plots and a rich diversity of façade types to imagine a vibrant, evolving waterfront district. Rather than a fixed masterplan, the project proposes a flexible framework where layered architecture, varied building forms, and incremental development foster a dense, dynamic urban character rooted in complexity and human-scale richness.
Reposted from @struan.morrison_arch - always with permission.
The Intencity Application - Aerial Visualisation
This aerial visualisation is not a fixed proposal, but an illustration of what could happen. The Intencity framework is grounded in an open form of urbanism, where prescription is kept to a minimum and urban form is allowed to emerge over time.
Through the reintroduction of fine-grained plots, the project stands in opposition to the dominant methods currently used to develop large sites. The research found that historic urban expansion often relied on a public framework: streets and infrastructure were laid out, blocks were defined, and land was divided into small plots. These were then developed incrementally by different private actors, often assembling more than one plot. What this produced was a condition I call intensity - a close proximity of functional, spatial and visual difference.
This condition is now rare in Scotland, where the development of large sites is typically controlled by a small number of actors. While this model can be efficient, it also tends towards standardisation, repetition and a thinner urban experience.
The Intencity is more than a masterplan. It is a challenge to architects, planners and developers to reconsider how large-scale urban development is imagined, structured and delivered.
This image involved modelling over 80 façade types to test what a contemporary fine-grained development might look like. By far the biggest task I’ve taken on.
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Platform 5 Architects has delivered a nuanced response to the Toynbee Hall site, embracing its constraints to shape a cohesive and characterful development. By weaving new brick volumes alongside the listed fabric, the project creates a layered urban environment that supports community life and long-term sustainability.
Reposted from @platform5architects - always with permission.
We love difficult sites.
Because every constraint holds potential.
At Toynbee Hall, the challenge was to transform a tightly constrained urban site, working in a Grade II listed context to deliver new homes, workspace and community uses within it.
Our approach was to work proactively with those constraints.
To design a building that mediates between the Victorian character of Toynbee Hall and the robust grain of Commercial Street. To unlock additional value through carefully considered height and density. And to create a place that supports both the charity’s long-term future and the wider community.
This is what we mean by unlocking complexity.
Every site has its limits. It`s our role to turn them into possibilities.
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FBM Architects have delivered a thoughtful infill housing scheme on the Rennie Estate that carefully responds to its urban context through articulated brick façades, generous balconies, and a clear relationship to the surrounding tower blocks. The project provides 49 high-quality homes while enhancing the wider estate with new landscaped connections, improved access to green spaces, and a strong sense of place for both new and existing residents.
Reposted from @fbmarchitects - always with permission.
Great to see our scheme on the Rennie Estate for @southwarkcouncil and built by @hillgroupuk completed and occupied by reisidents.
The project forms part of @southwarkcouncil New Homes Delivery Programme.
The scheme has created 49 high quality new homes across the site formerly occupied by garages and a car park. All homes are for council tenants with 50% reserved for local residents.
The form and layout of the new estate buildings responds to the adjacent tower blocks (Trevithick House and Landman House) by repeating their rhythm whilst aligning to the existing street patterns.
The building is set back to maximise amenity for existing residents and creates a new landscaped area and link to the Galleywall Nature Reserve and Barlow House, improving access to these spaces for new and existing residents.
Wonderful photography as always from @timcrockerphotographer
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DMA Architect’s Brittany Project, in France, is a composed cluster of pitched volumes that reinterpret vernacular forms with a modern, restrained palette of corten steel and concrete. The design prioritizes fluid spatial relationships and courtyard living, creating a serene home deeply connected to its coastal surroundings.
Reposted from @dma_architects - always with permission.
A first for DMA! 🤗
A house design set on the north-western coast of France, along an open but sheltered coastal landscape
We first worked with these clients all the way back in 2017 here in Co.Kerry, so when the opportunity came to work together on a project like this for a new stage of life we couldn’t say no… 🤗
Working alongside a local solicitor and engineer in France, we developed a home that carries the design approach we believe in into a very different setting — shaped by the coast, the climate, and the inside / outside lifestyle our clients are searching for… Our goal was for spaces to be open and to flow naturally, with constant connection back out to the landscape and the views beyond
At the same time, the house needed to respond to a new stage of life for our clients — a place to spend time with family, to come and go throughout the year, and to do so without unnecessary upkeep
Given the somewhat exposed coastal setting, the material palette was kept simple but robust
Raw finishes of Coreten steel and exposed concrete that will weather and ultimately settle into the rawness of the landscape over time
It’s been a really enjoyable process to bring a project like this to life in a new context 🥰
DMA - info@dma-architects.ie
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Material Cultures and Studio Gil have realised a thoughtful and innovative project at the Wolves Lane Centre, rooted in circular construction and bio-regional material use. The buildings combine natural materials and low-energy systems to form a sustainable, place-responsive hub for community and environmental stewardship.
Reposted from @material_cultures - always with permission.
Last month, @greenpartyzack delivered his first major policy speech at the Wolves Lane Centre, in a new set of buildings designed by Material Cultures with @studiogil.
The project is a living example of how bio-regional materials can be applied to an urban site, creating much-needed infrastructure to build resilient communities and ecosystems.
The buildings are inherently rooted in place and low in embodied carbon, with a material palette that foregrounds clay, timber and rubble from the site itself.
Lightweight timber frames are infilled with straw bales sourced just 35 miles away. The clay extracted during the digging of the foundations is used aa internal wall plaster, crushed concrete from the existing slabs formed the rubble trench foundations and the metal cladding elements that slide down the elevations are designed to be readily reusable.
The inherently high thermal mass of the clay plaster and limecrete floors works alongside Air Source heat pumps integrated into a low-energy ventilation system. A rooftop PV array covers all energy needs, and the site is also effectively off-grid in terms of waste water thanks to a SuDS strategy featuring storm water sump, composting toilets, and greywater filtration through a natural pond.
Places like the @wolveslanecentre remind us of our dependence on the natural world and on each other. These kinds of spaces are rare, and it is vitally important that we continue to care for and invest in them.
#biobased #regenerativedesign #communityinfrastructure #strawbaleconstruction #beedier #socialmediazeitgeist
In partnership with BG Architecture, Sanchez Benton Architects have created a refined infill housing scheme that brings eight affordable homes to a former brownfield site in Greenwich. The project’s restrained material palette, clear massing, and focus on landscape and energy efficiency establish a calm and enduring residential setting.
Reposted from @sanchez_benton - always with permission.
The second of our 100% social rent projects for Greenwich Builds has been granted planning permission. Working with BGA across many infill sites. The scheme for eight affordable homes on a brownfield site in Greenwich is the latest scheme in the borough’s ongoing house-building programme. The scheme turns a former garage site in Southwood Road into a three-storey development comprising four, two-bedroom and four one-bedroom homes.
The 594m² project follows the approval of seven affordable homes in Greenwich by the same team last month.
Both schemes will contribute to phase two of the Greenwich Builds programme, which ultimately aims to build 1,750 affordable homes across ‘redundant’ brownfield and infill plots in the borough. Phase two is aiming to create 152 affordable homes on 22 sites.
All of the homes will be fossil fuel-free with rooftop solar panels and air-source heat pumps incorporated to achieve an 84 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions compared with a building that meets minimum performance standards.
We are incredibly grateful to BG Architecture for inviting us to be part of their team for this project and for allowing us to lead on this one.
Council leader Anthony Okereke said: ‘These latest planning approvals show that despite the challenges facing homebuilders across the country, we are continuing to make headway towards our goal of creating 1,750 new council homes through the Greenwich Builds programme.
‘Social housing is the surest way to provide homes that are truly affordable, with rents that are linked to local incomes, helping to tackle the housing crisis and giving everyone in our community the option of a safe and secure place to live.
🖼️: Danny Dimbleby
#AffordableHousing #SocialHousing #SustainableArchitecture #Beedier #SocialMediaZeitgeist
Richard Murphy Architects have revitalised a historic quayside warehouse into a forward-thinking innovation hub for Trinity College Dublin, carefully balancing preservation with contemporary spatial clarity. Bright, adaptable interiors and bold architectural features establish a stimulating setting that encourages creativity and interaction.
Reposted from @richardmurphyarchitects - always with permission.
We’re delighted to announce that our recently completed project, Portal Innovation & Enterprise Hub for Trinity College Dublin has been selected as a finalist in the 2026 Irish Construction Excellence Awards.
Nominated in the “Education – up to €20million” category, the Portal project has transformed a 19th century warehouse on Dublin’s historic Grand Canal Quay into a new innovation hub with considerable public realm enhancements to the Quayside.
We are also working on the adjacent warehouse, also for Trinity College, to convert it into a new Laidlaw Library for the campus.
Design Team:
Richard Murphy Architects
Flynn
DFLA
taka architects
IN2 Engineering
The Concord Group
MJ Turley
#ICEAwars #ConstructionExcellence #TrinityCollegeDublin #GrandCanalQuay #Dublin #Beedier #SocialMediaZeitgeist
dRMM Architects, together with ZRS Architekten, IFUB and Stadt Raum Planung, proposes a vibrant new quarter for the Angler-/Heimeranstraße site in Munich. By combining heritage preservation, affordable housing, and circular construction, the project transforms the area into a sustainable neighborhood centered around shared courtyards and community life.
Reposted from @drmm_architects - always with permission.
We’re pleased to announce that the consortium of dRMM @zrsberlin @ifub_architecture and @stadtraumplanung have been successful in our bid to design the Angler-/ Heimeranstraße quarter development in Munich. We’ll be working with client and construction contractor @munchner.wohnen.
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In dem Verhandlungsverfahren “Quartiersentwicklung Angler-/ Heimeranstraße, München“ erhielt das Angebot mit dem Konzept der Bietergemeinschaft von ZRS Architekten, dRMM, IFUB*, Stadt Raum Planung den Zuschlag für die planerische Umsetzung.
Im Fokus steht das gemeinschaftliche Denken des gesamten Areals sowie die Schaffung von mehr bezahlbarem Wohnraum. Die Würdigung des Denkmals, maximaler Bestandserhalt und zirkuläre Bauweise sowie eine umfängliche Barrierefreiheit sind die zentralen Themen des Quartierskonzeptes – bestehend aus 6 Gebäuden und 3 Innenhöfen. Durch die Wahrung der im Bestand konservierten „grauen Energie“ wird das Projekt maximal nachhaltig. Der geringe Neubauanteil entsteht mit ökologischen Materialien in nachhaltiger Bauweise und soll möglichst kreislaufgerecht konzipiert werden. Dabei wird stets der gesamte Lebenszyklus betrachtet.
Das Projekt gehört zu den Pilotprojekten des „Gebäudetyps-e“ der Bayerischen Staatsregierung und ist ein Projekt in der Pilotreihe, der „Wohnlabore“ der Landeshauptstadt München. Es wird als Einzelvorhaben vom bayerischen Städtebauförderprogramm gefördert.
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Designed by Stallan-Brand, the Laurieston Glasgow tenements re-establish the historic Norfolk Street with robust brick buildings that recall the character and rhythm of traditional urban tenement blocks. Organised through a contemporary ‘super block’ approach, the development brings together mixed-tenure housing, family homes, green spaces and active street edges to help restore a vibrant, liveable neighbourhood.
Reposted from @stallanbrand - always with permission.
A few progress shots of our Laurieston Glasgow tenements slowly helping to re-establish the historic Norfolk Street that was entirely demolished in the 1970’s to make way for high-rise tower blocks, which were then again then demolished in 2019. Completely unsustainable legacy housing policies have blighted this location. Hopefully with our new ‘super block’ urbanism that provides flatted development to the busy edges of the principal streets, to then incorporates a mix of tenures, family housing, green space, lower parking densities within … the neighbourhood will again become a vibrant, liveable and complete place.
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Designed by Artform Architects, this community hub in the Lake District brings together café, co-working, exhibition, and wellness facilities within a series of glulam timber pitched-roof volumes that open toward the surrounding landscape. Overlooking two attenuation lakes that form part of a wider SuDS strategy, the building sits gently in its rural setting while expressing a warm timber structure and a strong connection between architecture, water, and the natural landscape.
Reposted from @artformarchitects - always with permission.
Another refreshed image of our community hub project in the Lakes produced by the wonderful @haze_viz.
The image brilliantly portrays the connection between building and landscape and is evocative of the beautiful context of the Lakes District National Park.
The building incorporates a variety of uses including cafe, community space, events & exhibition space, co-working, hydrotherapy pool and small community swimming pool.
Designed to overlook two attenuation lakes that are part of a site wide SuDS strategy, the architectural form expresses the glulam timber frame with a series of pitched-roof volumes that project out towards the landscape. The first floor accommodation is located within the roof space, allowing the building to sit low in its setting to respect the rural context.
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Richard Nadler reflects on the realities of modern urban density through Vertical Societies, portraying buildings as vertical neighborhoods filled with life and interaction. Transparent layers of activity show how architecture can support a dynamic mix of work, culture, and social life within the contemporary city.
Reposted from @dernadler - always with permission.
This is how we live now.
Vertical Societies
Studies, 2023.
Hundreds of lives stacked on top of each other.
Working. Eating. Meeting. Performing.
We built cities like this.
The question is — did we build them for living?
Which floor are you on?
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As well as publishing Beedier, our team at Woodburn Park Communications works with architectural clients of different scales, and through a diverse range of projects – from bids, to social media, awards, websites, books and films. Here is a selection of our recent client work…
Our Brixton based start-up client MOST Architecture, were invited to pitch concept proposals for the complete re-design of an exhibition centre in South Korea for Hyundai. We assisted with graphic design layouts, film production, architectural drawings, story-boarding and translation.
We are always on the lookout for great new clients, and interesting projects. If you need help or advice with your architectural communications and business development, then please get in touch: info@woodburnpark.com
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